Armed Forces: Foreigners

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of personnel in each regiment of the Army were Commonwealth soldiers at the latest date for which figures are available.

Kevan Jones: Personnel data by regiment are not held in the format requested. However, the following Army figures provided are available.
	
		
			  Army/ Service  Number( 1)  of personnel with a Commonwealth nationality  Percentage of personnel with a Commonwealth nationality 
			 Total 6,380 6.8 
			 Staff 0 0 
			 HCAV/RAC 250 4.5 
			 RA 635 8.8 
			 RE 375 4.2 
			 R SIGNALS 180 2.3 
			 INF 1,725 7.4 
			 AAC 100 4.8 
			 RAChD * * 
			 RLC 1,995 13.5 
			 RAMC 230 78 
			 REME 340 3.6 
			 AGC (RMP) 20 1.2 
			 AGC (SPS) 335 9.6 
			 AGC (MPS) * * 
			 AGC(ETS) 5 2.0 
			 AGC(ALS) * * 
			 AGC (Unknown) 5 12.8 
			 RAVC 5 2.4 
			 SASC 0 0 
			 RADC 55 14.4 
			 INT CORPS * * 
			 APTC * * 
			 QARANC 95 11.7 
			 CAMus 10 1.5 
			 GSC 0 0 
			 LSL * * 
			 No Value 0 0 
			 (1) denotes provisional. Due to the ongoing validation of data on the Joint Personnel Administration System all Army data from 1 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review.  Notes: 1. Percentages have been calculated using a denominator that includes all trained regular strength with a known nationality. It therefore excludes FTRS and Gurkhas but includes those individuals who have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP. 2. Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 for presentation purposes. 3. Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality 4. Data less than 5 have been suppressed and replaced with '*'. 5. Totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.